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John Burroughs quotes: If you think you can do it, you can. If you think you can do it, you can.
John Burroughs quotes: [T]he cold warms me - after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove. [T]he cold warms me - after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove.
John Burroughs quotes: Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode. Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.
John Burroughs quotes: Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
John Burroughs quotes: The God of the Puritans ... was a monster too horrible to contemplate. The God of the Puritans ... was a monster too horrible to contemplate.
John Burroughs quotes: To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
John Burroughs quotes: If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
John Burroughs quotes: One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
John Burroughs quotes: One can return to their place of birth, but one cannot go back to your youth. One can return to their place of birth, but one cannot go back to your youth.
John Burroughs quotes: One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds. One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds.
John Burroughs quotes: How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know. How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.
John Burroughs quotes: I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
John Burroughs quotes: The place to observe nature is where you are. The place to observe nature is where you are.
John Burroughs quotes: How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats! How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!
John Burroughs quotes: Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.
John Burroughs quotes: I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather. I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.
John Burroughs quotes: Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
John Burroughs quotes: Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
John Burroughs quotes: The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs quotes: In the order of nature we may behold the ways of the Eternal. In the order of nature we may behold the ways of the Eternal.
John Burroughs quotes: There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad. There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John Burroughs quotes: Without death and decay, how could life go on? Without death and decay, how could life go on?
John Burroughs quotes: One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking
John Burroughs quotes: To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another. To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
John Burroughs quotes: Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution. Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution.
John Burroughs quotes: Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
John Burroughs quotes: You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else. You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.
John Burroughs quotes: The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of theology. The atmosphere of our time is fast being cleared of the fumes and deadly gases that arose during the carboniferous age of theology.
John Burroughs quotes: In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.
John Burroughs quotes: For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.
John Burroughs quotes: Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.
John Burroughs quotes: A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
John Burroughs quotes: Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times
John Burroughs quotes: I still find each day too short.. I still find each day too short..
John Burroughs quotes: Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live. Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live.
John Burroughs quotes: Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it. Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.
John Burroughs quotes: O bluebird, welcome back again, Thy azure coat and ruddy vest, Are hues that April loveth best ... O bluebird, welcome back again, Thy azure coat and ruddy vest, Are hues that April loveth best ...
John Burroughs quotes: Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
John Burroughs quotes: To see Earth fully we already need to love it To see Earth fully we already need to love it
John Burroughs quotes: The floating vapour is just as true an illustration of the law of gravity as the falling avalanche. The floating vapour is just as true an illustration of the law of gravity as the falling avalanche.
John Burroughs quotes: Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work. Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
John Burroughs quotes: The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
John Burroughs quotes: The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap. The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap.
John Burroughs quotes: Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten! Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten!
John Burroughs quotes: The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind. The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.
John Burroughs quotes: If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart. If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.
John Burroughs quotes: It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative
John Burroughs quotes: Science makes no claim to infallibility; it leaves that claim to be made by theologians. Science makes no claim to infallibility; it leaves that claim to be made by theologians.
John Burroughs quotes: How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
John Burroughs quotes: I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture. I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture.
John Burroughs quotes: The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world. The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon
the beauty and the wonder of the world.
John Burroughs quotes: That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.
John Burroughs quotes: The pleasure and value of every walk or journey we take may be doubled to us by carefully noting down the impressions it makes upon us. The pleasure and value of every walk or journey we take may be doubled to us by carefully noting down the impressions it makes upon us.
John Burroughs quotes: The deeper our insight into the methods of nature ... the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us. The deeper our insight into the methods of nature ... the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.
John Burroughs quotes: A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
John Burroughs quotes: It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
John Burroughs quotes: One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little things'. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little things'.
John Burroughs quotes: The secret of happiness is something to do The secret of happiness is something to do
John Burroughs quotes: We are made strong by what we overcome. We are made strong by what we overcome.
John Burroughs quotes: Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides. Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides.
John Burroughs quotes: A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
John Burroughs quotes: Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world. Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world.
John Burroughs quotes: Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp. Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.
John Burroughs quotes: The art of nature is all in the direction of concealment. The art of nature is all in the direction of concealment.
John Burroughs quotes: We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry. We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.
John Burroughs quotes: You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying. You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.
John Burroughs quotes: I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree. I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.
John Burroughs quotes: The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs quotes: I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.
John Burroughs quotes: Nature comes home to one most when one is at home. The stranger and traveler finds her a stranger and traveler also. Nature comes home to one most when one is at home. The stranger and traveler finds her a stranger and traveler also.
John Burroughs quotes: One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth. One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth.
John Burroughs quotes: Life is a struggle, but not a warfare. Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
John Burroughs quotes: I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
John Burroughs quotes: The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
John Burroughs quotes: We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks. We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks.
John Burroughs quotes: If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature ... If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature ...

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